Vicarious Pleasures

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Track 10 Vicarious Pleasures

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Vicarious Pleasures

Verse 1 from Lucretius’ Nature of Things book 2 translated by Dryden, as seen on Mussenden Temple 

      C                             F         C

Tis pleasant safely to behold from shore *

        F          C                             G G6 G7   Am

The rolling ship and the tempest's roar

        Em         Am             Em          Am

The lashing waves and howling wind

            F                        G

When you are safely tethered in  

         Em             Am      G G6 G7   Am

But would you dare to step aboard

    C                        G

If courage to the test was called?

And sitting in your comfy chair

Illuminated by the glare

Of laser weapons searing space

The thrill is there: but could you face

An enemy in combat real?

Different emotions you would feel.

To read of passion sears the soul

So love for some must be the goal

But having read of dangers there

Of broken heart or life of care

Why stand so haughtily above

The one who fears he cannot love.

                  Am                                F                             C            G

Vicarious pleasures         Can sap the will to active life

Vicarious pleasures         May keep you safe from pain and strife

Vicarious pleasures         Will wrap you in an armoured shell

           Em          Am                  Em          Am

Then bind you tight     From frightening light

         G               G G6 G7   Am

Preserve you in your    cell

F     G                          Am

Vicarious pleasures

 F     G                         C

Vicarious pleasures

To live life full some risks must run

We all get burnt who face the sun

And when our measured chances take

We stand or fall as luck will break

So sometimes love must risk it all

To soar to heights or sadly fall

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